''Calagrassor poppei'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

in the

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Eosiphonidae The Eosiphonidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks and the like.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Eosiphonidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021. Accessed through ...

, the true whelks and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2014). Calagrassor poppei (Fraussen, 2001). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744013 on 2014-12-04

Description

A carnivorous and predatory sea snail found in the Philippines, this mollusk has a shell size that averages 16.6mm (0.65 inches) Classification: Biota (Superdomain) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
Buccinidae (Family)
> Calagrassor (Genus) > Calagrassor poppei (Species) > Common Family: Neptunes, Whelks and Allies Common Name: Poppe's Delicate Whelk named for Guido T. Poppe, conchologist and museum-quality collector, photographer, and author active in the field since childhood. Mollus
Shell Facts

The species is known to attain a size of 50+ mm. An operculum is present.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

References

* Fraussen K. 2001. ''A new Eosipho (Buccinidae) from the Philippine Islands.'' Gloria Maris 39(5–6) : 90–97

External links

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Kantor Yu.I., Puillandre N., Fraussen K., Fedosov A.E. & Bouchet P. (2013) ''Deep-water Buccinidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from sunken wood, vents and seeps: Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy''. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 93(8): 2177–2195.
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5381914 Eosiphonidae Gastropods described in 2001